# How do you pronounce "dachshund"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864 "2012-12-03T16:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/41 "2012-12-03T20:10:41Z")
Other. I’m not consistent, doing, depending on when I say it, an approximation of the German (dahks hund), a slightly different version of the English than you’ve transcribed above (dash hund), a bastardized combo of both (dax hund), or a lazy version of the German (dahks un). Ranking them in likelihood that I will say them… Dahks un Dash hund Dahks hund Dax hund. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/42 "2012-12-03T20:12:24Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve always pronounced it “DASH-und.” Maybe it’s the Canadian way? Could be, that’s how I pronounce it. All though there’s also a slight “h” sound in there too, like Dash- **h** und. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/43 "2012-12-03T20:23:26Z")
I own an infernal, stubborn wiener dog. I’ve never ever heard anyone pronounce DASH-hund. Normally I say DOX-un because I’m Southern and we drop the last letter off everything. If people ask me what kind of dogs I have I say a Weenie and a Collie. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/44 "2012-12-03T20:33:02Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Other: Gerglish DAHKS-und. I guess my pronunciation is somewhere between the official German (as per the poll) and this. > [@SanVito](#): > > Pretty common in the UK. That’s how I say it. > [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve always pronounced it “DASH-und.” Maybe it’s the Canadian way? Whoah, seriously? “Dash”? That’s bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/45 "2012-12-03T20:33:44Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yup, DAHKS-und. That’s how pretty much everyone in the U.S. says it, as far as I know. Woman at work: “…dash hound…” gigi: 😕 Woman at work: “You know, a weiner dog?” gigi: :smack: For me, it’s docks-hoont. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/46 "2012-12-03T20:40:34Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yup, DAHKS-und. That’s how pretty much everyone in the U.S. says it, as far as I know. Concur. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/47 "2012-12-03T20:44:59Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Pretty common in the UK. That’s how I say it. > [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve always pronounced it “DASH-und.” Maybe it’s the Canadian way? > [@Leaffan](#): > > Could be, that’s how I pronounce it. All though there’s also a slight “h” sound in there too, like Dash- **h** und. I think we’re onto something. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/48 "2012-12-03T20:55:23Z")
DOCKS-und. If I called them Docks-hoont I’d have to put the little jackboots on them, and that’s too much trouble. Especially since they’re not my dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/49 "2012-12-03T21:01:52Z")
Know why the cowboy got a dachshund? He wanted to get a long little doggie. I tend to say dox-und, pretending that there isn’t really an ‘h’ there at all. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/50 "2012-12-03T21:30:34Z")
I don’t hear many people say it REALLY German, but a sorta German, “dockshund,” is the preferred method. I’m Canadian, btw, southern Ontario. “Dash hound” is disgraceful. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/51 "2012-12-03T21:33:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Dash hound” is disgraceful. No, it’s lovely. Pure folk etymology, reinforced by the delightful custom of [Wiener Dog Racing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund_racing). ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/52 "2012-12-03T21:55:15Z")
I must admit, although I’ve pronounced it “DASH-und”, I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it “dash-hound”, with the “hound” sound in there. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/53 "2012-12-03T22:47:19Z")
Another for Dox-und. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/54 "2012-12-03T23:08:16Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I must admit, although I’ve pronounced it “DASH-und”, I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it “dash-hound”, with the “hound” sound in there. That houn’ soun’ sho’ do get aroun’. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/55 "2012-12-03T23:15:22Z")
Dash Hound is common in Australia. But having said that ‘Daks-und’ is not unknown either. Never hear weiner dog, because what the hell is a weiner? (That’s a joke son. I know what a weiner is, it’s just not a term that is used in Oz) I don’t see how the pronunciation of a word can be ‘disgraceful’ :rolleyes: . You Yanks pronounce all sorts of stuff funny 😛 , but I don’t think it’s disgraceful. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/56 "2012-12-03T23:29:55Z")
Docks-und, usually. If one is being especially clever, then “teckel.” Often I translate from the German and call them “sneaky little bastards.” ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/57 "2012-12-03T23:35:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Same here. Can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it DASH-und. Me neither, though I accidentally voted for it. It funny to me that the only pronunciation I’ve ever heard (DAHKS-und) isn’t even represented in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/58 "2012-12-03T23:58:03Z")
“DOCK-suhnd,” which is the only way I’ve ever heard it pronounced by any English speaker. Not sure what you meant by the “English way”. British, perhaps? ETA: Now I saw a few other responses, and they agree with me (despite the slightly different ways we’re choosing to spell this same pronunciation.) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/59 "2012-12-04T00:08:20Z")
Dash-hound… or Sausage Dog. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/60 "2012-12-04T00:13:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Dash hound” is disgraceful. Nah it isn’t, just anglicized . “The dog”. I would never get a dachshund though, they’re one of the freaks of the canine world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864.md?page=4)